LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2004

EL 3801/LE 924 – LINGUISTICS II

 

Date       : 17.04.04                                                                                                                      Max   : 100 marks

Duration : 9 – 12 noon                                                                                                                            Hours : 3 hrs

Part A

1. Answer any TWO of the following:                 (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

1. Write short notes on the following.
   1. morphemes b) accent, c) phonology, d) syllable
2. How do sounds of speech and voice generate from our body? Explain with diagrams.
3. Explain the place and manner of articulation with the table and description.
4. What status does the English language enjoy in India? Analyse how and why.

 

1. Answer the following (any one). (15 marks)

 

5. Mark the patterns of into nation in the following passage and justify your answer. Do not transcribe.

A: How was the cassette and CD release functions?

B: Great; why didn’t you come?

A: I was held up by some commitments.

B: ‘U’ know you missed the lovely speeches.

A: Did I? How were they?

B: Hilarious must be the word.

A: How were the audience basically

B: They were enjoying every bit of it.

(OR)

6. A: Are you looking forward to the elections

B: Yes, but?

A: But what?

B: People are gradually disillusioned

A: May be because of the pit falls in the system.

B: Is there a way out for India.

A: Yes. By an optimistic revolution at all levels.

B: You sound ideal, but if only it becomes real?!

 

III. 07. Attempt a phonological analysis of the following poem commenting on the interplay of sound and sense, stress and rhythm and the use of alliteration assonance.                                                                                 (15 marks)

 

Lead, kindly light amid the circling gloom,

Lead Thou me on;

The night is dark, and I am far from home

Lead Thou me on

 

Keep Thou my feet, I do not ask to see

The distant seene, one step enough for me

I was not ever thus nor prayed that Thou

shouldn’t load me on;

I loved to choose and see my path; but now

Lead Thou me on

I love the gainsh dary, and, spite of fears

Provide ruled my will; remember not past years

So long Thy power has me, sure it still will lead me on.

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PART B

 

 

1. Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words.   (20 marks)

 

7. Explain any three Politeness Principles.
8. ‘Cohesion is a semantic unit of discourse’. Explain.

 

1. Answer any Three of the following in about 150 words each.  (3 x 5 = 15)

 

9. What is illocutionary force?
10. Explain the transformational function of language.
11. Explain ‘Current speaker selects the next’ in a discourse.
12. Analyse Maxim of manner with illustration.
13. Discuss any two aspects of speech act.
14. Explain Tact Maxim.

 

 

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below: (3 x 5 = 15)

 

She wore a dirty white sari with a red border. On one side of her nose glistened a diamond nose ring and she had several gold bangles on her arms. She had been talking to the bearer until Sir Mohan had summoned him inside. As soon as he had gone, she had hailed a passing  railway coolie.

“Where does the zenana stop?”

“Right at the end of the platform.”

The coolie flattened his turban to make a cushion, hoisted the steel trunk on his head, and moved down the  platform. Lady Lal picked up her brass tiffin carrier and ambled along behind him. On the way she stopped a hawker’s stall to replenish her silver betel leaf cas, and then joined the coolie. She sat down on her steel trunk(which the coolie had put down) and started talking to him

“Are there trains very crowded on these lines?”

“These days all trains are crowded, but you’ll find room in the zenana”.

“Then I might as well get over the bother of eating”.

Lady Lal opened the brass carrier and took out a bundle of cramped chappatis and some mango pickle.  While she ate, the coolie sat opposite her on his haunches, drawing lines in the gravel with his finger.

“Are you travelling alone, sister?”

“ No I am with my master, brother. He is in the waiting room. He travel in the first class”

 

15. Identify Exophoric and Endophoric references in the passage and explain how they help in achieving cohesion.
16. Explain the field, mode and tenor of the passage.
17. Cull out elements of Speech Act and explain their significance.

 

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

III SEMESTER – NOV. 2004

EL 3801– LINGUISTICS-II

Date : 28.10.04                                                                                                  Max       :100 marks

Time: 1.00 – 4.00 pm                                                                          Duration :3 hrs

PART – A

I  Answer any TWO of the following:                                                 (2x 10 = 20 marks)

1.What are the phases of speech?

2.Give the place and manner of articulation of all the phonetic symbols in English.

3.Give the short notes for the following

1. Phonemes. B. alliteration   C. Phonetics  D. Synesthasia

4.Give practical suggestions for teaching English pronunciation to Indian learners.

 

II Transcribe the following conversation into the phonemic symbols:           (15 marks)

A : Aren’t you going to attend the conference?

B : It will be in the middle of next month.

A : It  will be nice to attend. What is the topic?

B :  It should be on  ‘ELT in India.

A :  I like the topic and I will attend

B :  Are you interested in presenting papers?

A :  I think I should be

B : All the best then I will see you there.

(OR)

Mark the intonation for the following conversation and give necessary explanation. 

(15 marks)

A : Where are you going next week?

B :  I am planning to visit CIEFL  library.

A : Shall I join you?

B :Of course, it will be my pleasure.

A : Is it a good library?

B :I heard it so.

A : Will you then be booking our tickets?

B : No I am busy. Can you do it?

 

III. Attempt a line by line prosodic analysis of the following poem:                           (15 marks)

Come live with me and be my love,

And we will all the pleasures prove,

That hills and valleys, dales and fields,

Or woods or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the rocks

And see the shepherds feed their flocks

By shallow rivers, to whose falls

Melodious birds sing madrigals

And I will make thee beds of roses

And a thousand fragrant posies;

A cap of flowers, and a kirtle,

Embroider’d all with leaves of myrtle.

 

 

A gown made of the finest wool,

Which from our pretty lambs, we’ll pull

Fur lined slippers for the cold

With buckles of the purest gold

PART – B

IV Write an essay on any ONE of the following in about 400 words.                        (20 marks)

‘The social goal of comity is achieved by a combination of  Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle’. Explain the statement by using examples from local context.

(or)

Language has universal constraints. Explain System constraints with local examples.

 

V Write on any THREE of the following in about 150 words each        (3×5=15 marks)

1. Truth conditional semantics
2. Conversational implicatures
3. Constatives and Performatives
4. Turn taking
5. Cost benefit scale of Tact maxim
6. Modesty maxim

 

VI Answer the question given on the following discourse.                       (3×5=15 marks)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Cull out features of Speech event in the passage.
2. Explain cases of reference and tie in the passage
3. Explain the use of register in the passage

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

AP 30

THIRD SEMESTER – NOV 2006

EL 3806 – LINGUISTICS – II

(Also equivalent to EL 3801)

 

 

Date & Time : 01-11-2006/9.00-12.00   Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART A

1. Attempt any TWO. (2 X 10 = 20)
2. a) Write short notes on any FIVE:
3. A) Phoneme B) Diphthongs                        C) Weak forms
4. D) Syllable E) Juncture                  F) Nasals

 

1. b) Give a detailed description of the production and articulation of plosives of English.

 

1. c) Discuss the rules governing accentual patterns in English.

 

1. d) Transcribe the following phonemically:

Ticket Examiner              :Good morning. Father Gordon. Travelling far?

Father Gordon                :Ah good morning Mr.Prabhu .How are you?

T.E                                  :I’m very well,thank you. I always remember you as one of my                                                                     best teachers. Do you remember , Father, that you taught me                                                                        English In Loyola College, Madras, in 1952?

Father                               :Of course I do. I even remember your name. Are you still                                                                             working for the Railways?

T.E                                   :I am. In fact I’m on duty now. Incidentally May I have your                                                                       ticket, Father?

Father                               :Certainly. Wait a second and I’ll show it to you.

Oh dear. It’s not in my pocket. Let me check again. Dear me! No luck

 

1. Mark stress and intonation in the following: (15 marks)

Raju            :           Good morning Mr.Bharadwaj. How are you this morning?

Bharadwaj  :           Good morning. I’m very well. Thank you. I’m afraid we haven’t had the                                                     pleasure of meeting each other before, but still you seem to know me.

Raju            :           As a candidate for the forthcoming Local Body Elections, I ought to                                                           know all the voters in my Ward.

Bharadwaj   :           Oh, that’s it, is it? So you hope to become a Councillor

Raju             :           With your support, I am sure I will. May I appeal to             you to cast your

vote in my favour? My name is Raju and I belong to the People’s Party.

 

III. Give an appreciation of the passage and show how the structural  equivalence can condition   meaning.                                                                                                (15 marks )

The Ganges, though flowing from the foot of Vishnu and through Siva’s hair,       is not an ancient stream. Geology, looking farther than religion, knows of a  time when neither the river nor the Himalayas that nourished it existed, and an ocean flowed over the holy places of Hindustan. The mountains rose, their debris silted up the ocean, the gods took their seats on them and contrived the river, and the India we call immemorial came into being. But India is really far older. In the days of the prehistoric ocean the southern       part of the peninsula already existed, and the high places of Dravidia have been land since land began, and have seen on the one side the sinking of a  continent that joined them to Africa, and on the other the upheaval of the Himalayas from a sea.

 

 

PART B

IV  Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words                 (20 marks)

1. Explain the different features of Cohesion
2. Explain the relationship between implicature and Cooperative Principle

 

V answer any THREE of the following in about 150 words each                 (3 x 5 = 15 marks)

3. What is transactional function of a language?
4. What is ordinary language philosophy?
5. Write a short note on optionality
6. How is force connected with sense in interpreting meaning?
7. Explain any one maxim of Cooperative Principle.
8. Explain with suitable examples modesty maxim.

 

VI Read the following piece of discourse and answer the questions given below

(3 x 5 =15 marks)

 

Why is there such a bad situation? Should not the Dalit students get education at all? The governing and the ruling class have created a wicked system that the Dalits or any one from the marginalised sections cannot/should not get educated at all. They do not want the Dalits to get empowered and demand their rights and get the due share in the development process. So structural difficulties like the non-accessibility to the basic needs have been created for the Dalit parents and children so that their prime and precious time is spent on doing the daily mundane and  routine work. The fathers spend most of their time in working as daily coolies earning a meager income and striving hard to make both  ends meet, while the mothers spend most of their time walking a few kilometers to fetch one pot of drinking water and to collect one bundle of firewood. Most of the Dalit houses cannot afford to have electricity thereby abandoning the children to the mercy of streetlights that do not work most of the time. Tables and chairs are grand luxuries for most of the Dalit students. The same ‘waste your time like your parents’ concept is pushed into the Dalit children also, when they should be preparing for their examination without any tension and worry.

Added to this, there are different types of school education; CBSC, ISC, Anglo Indian Board, Matriculations, State Board etc. Except the state board all the other types of education are ‘pay and get educated’. As these are not economically viable for the poor, especially the Dalits, most of the Dalit students join the state board schools and everyone knows what is the type/quality of education that is given through these type of schools. As the government supports these schools, the fee is minimum and the government supplies text books, notebooks, uniform and midday meal. Very few schools do something which gives a semblance of education.

 

9. Identify Exophoric and Endophoric references in the passage and explain how they help in achieving cohesion.

 

10. Explain the field, Mode and Tenor of the passage.

 

11. What are the elements of Speech Act and explain their significance

 

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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE

THIRD SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EL 3806 / 3801 – LINGUISTICS – II

 

 

 

Date & Time: 02/05/2007 / 9:00 – 12:00      Dept. No.                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART A

1. Attempt any TWO. (2 X 10 = 20)
2. a) Write short notes on any FIVE:
3. A) Phoneme B) Diphthongs                        C) Weak forms
4. D) Syllable E) Juncture                  F) Nasals

 

1. b) Give a detailed description of the production and articulation of plosives of English.

 

1. c) Discuss the rules governing accentual patterns in English.

 

1. d) Transcribe the following phonemically:

Ticket Examiner              :Good morning. Father Gordon. Travelling far?

Father Gordon                :Ah good morning Mr.Prabhu .How are you?

T.E                                  :I’m very well,thank you. I always remember you as one of my                                                                     best teachers. Do you remember , Father, that you taught me

English In Loyola College, Madras, in 1952?

Father                               :Of course I do. I even remember your name. Are you still   working for the

Railways?

T.E                                   :I am. In fact I’m on duty now. Incidentally May I have your ticket, Father?

Father                               :Certainly. Wait a second and I’ll show it to you.

Oh dear. It’s not in my pocket. Let me check

again. Dear me! No luck

 

1. Mark stress and intonation in the following: (15 marks)

Raju            :           Good morning Mr.Bharadwaj. How are you this morning?

Bharadwaj  :           Good morning. I’m very well. Thank you. I’m afraid we haven’t had the pleasure

of meeting each other before, but still you seem to know me.

Raju            :           As a candidate for the forthcoming Local Body Elections, I ought to know all the

voters in my Ward.

Bharadwaj   :           Oh, that’s it, is it? So you hope to become a Councillor

Raju             :           With your support, I am sure I will. May I appeal to             you to cast your

vote in my favour? My name is Raju and I belong to the People’s Party.

 

III. Give an appreciation of the passage and show how the structural equivalence can condition meaning.                                                                                                                                                                                                (15 marks)

The Ganges, though flowing from the foot of Vishnu and through Siva’s hair, is not an ancient

stream. Geology, looking farther than religion, knows of a time when neither the river nor the

Himalayas that nourished it existed, and an ocean flowed over the holy places of Hindustan.

The mountains rose, their debris silted up the ocean, the gods took their seats on them and contrived

the river, and the India we call immemorial came into being. But India is really far older.

In the days of the prehistoric ocean the southern       part of the peninsula already existed, and the high

places of Dravidia have been land since land began, and have seen on the one side the sinking of a

continent that joined them to Africa, and on the other the upheaval of the Himalayas from a sea.

 

PART B

IV  Write an essay on ONE of the following in about 400 words                                                (20 marks)

1. Explain the different features of Cohesion
2. Explain the relationship between implicature and Cooperative Principle

 

V answer any THREE of the following in about 150 words each                                    (3 x 5 = 15 marks)

3. What is transactional function of a language?
4. What is ordinary language philosophy?
5. Write a short note on optionality
6. How is force connected with sense in interpreting meaning?
7. Explain any one maxim of Cooperative Principle.
8. Explain with suitable examples modesty maxim.

 

VI Read the following piece of discourse and answers the questions given below           (3 x 5 =15 marks)

 

Why is there such a bad situation? Should not the Dalit students get education at all? The governing and the ruling class have created a wicked system that the Dalits or any one from the marginalised sections cannot/should not get educated at all. They do not want the Dalits to get empowered and demand their rights and get the due share in the development process. So structural difficulties like the non-accessibility to the basic needs have been created for the Dalit parents and children so that their prime and precious time is spent on doing the daily mundane and  routine work. The fathers spend most of their time in working as daily coolies earning a meager income and striving hard to make both  ends meet, while the mothers spend most of their time walking a few kilometers to fetch one pot of drinking water and to collect one bundle of firewood. Most of the Dalit houses cannot afford to have electricity thereby abandoning the children to the mercy of streetlights that do not work most of the time. Tables and chairs are grand luxuries for most of the Dalit students. The same ‘waste your time like your parents’ concept is pushed into the Dalit children also, when they should be preparing for their examination without any tension and worry.

Added to this, there are different types of school education; CBSC, ISC, Anglo Indian Board, Matriculations, State Board etc. Except the state board all the other types of education are ‘pay and get educated’. As these are not economically viable for the poor, especially the Dalits, most of the Dalit students join the state board schools and everyone knows what is the type/quality of education that is given through these type of schools. As the government supports these schools, the fee is minimum and the government supplies text books, notebooks, uniform and midday meal. Very few schools do something which gives a semblance of education.

 

9. Identify Exophoric and Endophoric references in the passage and explain how they help in achieving cohesion.

 

10. Explain the field, Mode and Tenor of the passage.

 

11. What are the elements of Speech Act and explain their significance

 

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